Legal Opinion
Fulton v. Trustees of Boston College
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 11, 1977PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The plaintiffs, executors and trustee under the will of William M. Waul, filed a petition for instructions with the Probate Court for Suffolk County. The probate judge reported the matter to the Appeals Court without decision on a statement of agreed facts. Mass. R. Civ. P. 64, 365 Mass. 831 (1974). The plaintiffs thereupon filed an application for direct appellate review which we allowed.
The report raises a number of issues pertaining to the construction of the testator’s last will and testament, but the issues raised before this court deal only with two related areas: (1) whether the last…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Assessors of Boston v. Garland School of Home MakingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Dexter v. President of Harvard CollegeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Putnam v. PutnamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Rogers v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Attorney General v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Babson v. BabsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- In Re Last Will and Testament of TeetersNebraska Supreme Court · 1980
- In Re the Trust of GerberUtah Supreme Court · 1982
- BD. OF TRUSTEES OF UNIV. OF NC v. Heirs of PrinceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
- Babson v. BabsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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